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Linanthus filiformis
Also called Threadstem Gilia
Yellow gilia (Linanthus filiformis) is a tiny annual wildflower of rocky deserts and plateaus in the southwestern United States, with a threadlike stem and small yellow flowers. It is a wild native rather than a commonly cultivated garden plant, and it is best grown from seed in dry, sunny, well-drained sites.
Linanthus filiformis (formerly Gilia filiformis) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name yellow gilia. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in rocky desert and plateau habitat. This herb produces a threadlike, branching stem not more than about 15 centimeters long. It is generally hairless but may be thinly dotted with glands. The few linear leaves are up to 3 centimeters long and occur along the stem. The inflorescence generally bears one pair of yellow flowers, each flower under a centimeter wide.
Harkness' flaxflower · Desertbeauty · Bigelow's linanthus · San Gabriel linanthus · Desertsnow · Fringed linanthus · Eveningsnow · Inyo gilia · Jones' linanthus · Baldwin Lake linanthus · Orcutt's linanthus · Sandblossoms
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linanthus filiformis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
